Steam trains
Train Tracks. Audio, 30 minutes
An exploration of the rhythms and themes of the railway train in music.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for 17 days
Timeshift. Series 8, Last Days of Steam. Video, 58 minutes
How Britain entered a new age of steam railways after World War II and why it soon ended.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for 11 days
Punt PI. Series 1, Episode 2. Audio, 30 minutes
Steve probes the case of the missing steam trains stashed away in case of nuclear war.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Railways in Kenya - Part One. Audio, 28 minutes
Meet Kirpal Sandhu Singh, the last man in Kenya to drive a steam train
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Anything You Can Do. Audio, 30 minutes
Piers Bishop reflects on Sir Nigel Gresley’s 1938 ‘Mallard’ steam engine speed record.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for 20 days
Salute to Steam. Audio, 30 minutes
A light-hearted look at pleasures and hazards of steam railways 1825 to 1968.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for 16 days
The Titfield Thunderbolt. Video, 80 minutes
Ealing comedy about a village's battle to save their railway line. With Stanley Holloway.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 27 days
